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    HomeNewsroomNewsLegislative Update: Senate, House Appropriations Committees Approve FY 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bills Containing ARC Funding

      	
	
Legislative Update: Senate, House Appropriations Committees Approve FY 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bills Containing ARC Funding
	
			May 24, 2018
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											Wendy WassermanARC UpdatesLegislative Update
	
				
			Approved in May 2018, the appropriations bills both provide a total of $155 million for ARC’s nonhighway programs, including $50 million for the POWER Initiative to help Appalachian communities adversely impacted by changes in the coal industry and power sector.
	
	
	On May 24, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved its fiscal year (FY) 2019 energy and water development appropriations bill, which provides $155 million for ARC’s nonhighway programs. This is the same amount ARC received for FY 2018. The total includes $73 million for the Commission’s regular program; $50 million for the POWER Initiative to help communities that have been adversely impacted by changes in the coal industry and power sector; $16 million for a program of industrial site and workforce development in Southern and South Central Appalachia focused primarily on the automotive-supplier sector and aviation sectors; and $16 million for a program of basic infrastructure improvements in economically distressed counties in Central Appalachia.
The committee report accompanying that bill directs the Commission to provide Congress with a report that examines the feasibility of relocating the agency to the Appalachian Region and any potential long-term cost savings the move could accomplish. The report also states the committee’s view that if the agency were to move, it should relocate to West Virginia. Full Senate consideration of the bill is expected in June.
The House Committee on Appropriations approved its FY 2019 energy and water development appropriations bill on May 16. That legislation also provides $155 million for ARC’s nonhighway programs. The bill allocates $50 million for the POWER Initiative and $10 million to continue a program of high-speed broadband deployment in economically distressed counties in Central Appalachia that have been most negatively impacted by the downturn in the coal industry. Full House consideration of the legislation is pending. Appalachian Regional Commission

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